Europe well represented at IRB Growing the Game Conference

17/11/2014 - 24/12/2014

In London on 15th-16th November, the IRB delivered a global conference on Growing the Game. It focused on mass participation projects but especially the IRB’s Get into Rugby programwww.getintorugby.com .

The aims of the Conference were;Â share best practice in growing the game, discuss key issues and challenges, how we link to major events, where to from here?Â Â Of the 50 unions attending, Europe was well represented with 18 of its unions with their Get into Rugby & Mass Participation coordinators, as well as representatives from the Rugby Europe Women’s Commission. The group was also supported by Rugby Europe’s Get into Rugby Project Manager, Jose GorrotxateguiÂ as well as RDM’s Michel Arpaillange & Douglas Langley.